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GRAND EXHIBITION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MARCH 20 AND 90,
1887. mh23-Gt
WEEKS Il CO.. Auctloneers,
GRAND EXHIBITION


1887. mh23-6t
WEEKS CO, Auctloneers,
w O37 Louisiana Ave-, opposite City p o.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CARPETS, &C, AT
AUCTION,
THURSDAY, MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH AT TEN
O'CLOCK
AT OUR TABLESPOONS. WITHOUT REGARD TO
WEATHER.
SEVERAL HANDSOME PARLOR SUITES, LATEST
STYLES CHERRY AND WALNUT FRAMES,
FINE WALNUT AND COTTAGE SETS, WASH
STANDS, MIRRORS, HAIR AND OTHER NAT
IRESSES, FEATHER BEDS, SIDEBOARDS,
WARDROBES, TOILET SETS SC, TOGETHER
OF OTHER FURNITURE AND MATING, &C.,
sc.
TWO LARGE FRENCH PLATE MIRRORS, lOX3.
ALSO,
$50 LOTS CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, &C. 1t
VNHOAIAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.
CATALOGUE SALE
MISCELLANEOUS AND ILLUSTRATED
BOOKS,
Principally New,
TO close the Estate of the late T.. NJ WHITAKER,
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION,
AT MY SALESROOMS,
Southwest corner of Eleventh street and Penna ave.,
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS,
MARCH TWENTY-NINTH AND THIRTIETH,
AT 7:3O O'CLOCK.
Books now ready for examination
THOMAS BOWLING,
mh23-ot Auctioneer
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TRUSTEES SALE OE VALUABLE UNIMPROvED
REAL ESTATE AT MOUNT PLEASANT.
By virtue Of coed of trust dated October 9Th, ar
q e seq one OF the lana re ords or the DisTict
OF the request the holder Of the
secured by said trust will offer sale in of
the premises, on TUESDAY MARCH TWENTY
NINI II. 1887, at FIVE O'CLOCK p. NJ the following
described real estate lying and being in the county Of
WASHINGTON District of Columbia and known and
described as lots numbered forty t4 forty
t4oD and forty t4G in s. r. Browns recorded sub
division OF Mount Pleasant.
Terms of sale One third Cd cash and the balance in
Cd and two t2 years with interest six 90 per
centum per anngn to be secured by deed Of trust
the property soM all cash. at the option of the pur
chaser. deposit OF $50 each lot will be required
at time OF sale; ali conHeyanclIg at purchasers
Terms of sale to be Compiled with WITHIN ten days
from day of sale.
mhlS-eoSds JOHN H. BENTON. Trustee
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- OIICt- f~-O Otu ST. INV.
THOS. ID. WAGGAMAN, Auct mhl8
FTvRUSTEE,s SALE OF UNIMPROvED SHORT
II LOT. WITH HALF WALL. FOURTH STREET.

FTNRUSTEE'S SALE OF UNIMPROVED SHORT
Il LOT. WITH HALE WALL. FOURTH STREET
ABOUT 30 FEET FRONT BY t2l IN DEPTH
By virtue OF fdeed of trust. dated December sxxR
seq. one of the Land Records Of the District of ~
DAY. MARCH TWENTY-FiFTH AT H1LF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK = ~, part ,, OF Let 5. Square Sls,
east the center of the south wall of house numbered
l0 thence east, with line of said center 80 6h
of lot four; thence west SO feet 81 inches: thence
north about 20 feet inches to place of BEGINNING,
Terms: One-third cash, balance in three and six
months interest at per cent to be secured by deed
of trust the premises sold all cash. option of
purchaser 300 deposit at time Of sale. Terms be
complied with within fifteen days resale at default
ing purchasers after five days notice in the Star.
Conyeyancing Ut purchasers cost.
W. J. NEWTON, Trustee,
$40 street.
G. ". STICKNEY, Auctioneer. NH -dtd
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CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE DWELLING
HOUSE KNOWN AS No. LOG ON STREET
NORTHWEST.
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court of the -
District OF Columbia. passed in equity cause No. h:
$3.50 the undersigned Trustee will sell at public
auction: in front Of the premises on TUESDAY, THE
MENI1.NINIH DAY OF MARCH, 1887. AT FIVE
AND A-HALF O'CLOCK T. M, all of lot lettered h, in
the subdivision OF lot four t4 in square FIVE hundred
and eyenty-four (574), in the City of Washington,
DC
Terms of sale: One third cash. and residue in one
and two with interesting purchasers notes
cured by reserved lien by deed of trust the prop
erty Sold to he gven all cash at option Of the pur
Chaser All taxes to day of sale to be paid from pur-
chase money. Conveyances at purchasers cost.
WI. E. EDAONSTON, Trustee,
Office: 40 9TH st. NV.
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CouSTIRFEITERs u SOUTH CARogxxA.-Un1fed
States officers are at work In ADbeyflle county, s.
c. trying TO ferret ont tho headquarters Of band
OF counte1eiters believed 10 be operating In that
county. Abbeytlle county Is Hooded with spurious
silver dollars and the merchants OF that Vicinity
are pretty wen headed with them. John Adams
colored, has been arrested al q member OF tho
composed OF negroes, with q white man q fhe
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THR MURDER or KELLOGG NIcHoIS.-Cp 10 tho
present time o1y four jurors have been acceptedby
both prosecution and defense In the trial OF
Schwartz and Watt, for the murder of Kellogg
Nichols, the Rock Island railway express messen- Z
ger.
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AUCTION SALES.

AUCIION SALES.
THIS EVENING.
WALTER b. WILLIAMS CO., Auctioneerz
CATALOGUE
SALE
OF Rare Collection Of
FINE OIL PAINTINGS
From the Studios of
MIR. LUCIEN POWELL
NO. 81 Nottingham Street, London. England,
Place De IL Minerva, Rome,
Exhibitor at Philadelphia Centennial and Royal
Academy, London
These Paintings ara versatile in subject, rich in
tone sparkling in color and dazzling in effect being
sketches and pOrtraitures of picturesque scenes,
Pamted by the artist in England. France, Germany,
Holland. Italy, &c.
WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
EXHIBITION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 2ID. 23D.
WEDNESDAY, EVE, MARCH 23D, 1887,
AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
WALTER b. WILLIAMS CO,
mh19-4t Auctioneers
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WASHINGTON, d. G.
AUCTION SALES.

~ ~ ~ bD<AA/L<A|s
TOMORROW.
V,HoMAs BOWLING. Aucuonesr
&c, AT AUCTION, EMBRACING GOLDEN AR
BORRITA JUMPER. MAGNOLIA. GRANDE
FLORA. PEARS, APPLES. PEACHES. PLUMs.
CHERRIES. GRAPE VINES. PERPETUAL ROSES.
&c. AT AUCTION
On TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH TWENTY-SEC-
oND, 1887, commencing at ELEVEN O'CLOCK, at my
auction rooms shall sell consignment of the above
Plants from the we'll known nursery Of Mr. John Saul
THOMAS BOWLING,
mh1s-3t Auctioneer
sE-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED IN con-
io iss sa AAoA
DUNcANsoS BRoTHEks:: Auet,qneer , ..
~ Corner 9th and streets
PEREMPTORY AUCTION SALE OF $50 ORIENTAL
RUGS. CARPETS. PORTIERES, DRAPERIES,
EMBROIDERIEs and SILKS.
The Catalogue includes fine assortment of Turkish,
Persian Cashmere and Csmel's-hair Carpets of very
large Sizes
The Coors Of Portieres forty in number. excep-
tionaiiy fine.
The small and medium-sized Modern Antique and
Silk Rugs are very many.
Rare Specimens of Bokhara Shiratz, Royal Kossack,
Dashestan, Shirvan, Mecca Tebriz, Khorassan, Per-
sian and Turkish Handiwork.
The assortment of rich Damascus yellow Silks, Per-
sian Tablecovers, Bulgarian Doylies, Moorish Swords
and Pistols real AngOra Goatskins interesting Saddle
bags and rare Kalims will draw many Connoisseurs.
EXHIBITION:
SECOND and TWENTY-THIRD.
THURSDAY. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, MARCH
TwENTY-FoURTH,T wENTY-FIFTH and
TwENTY-sIxTH
AtELEvEN AN EACH DAY,
In our Auction Rooms, corner 9th and streets.
mh1S-7t DUNCANsON BROTHERS.
PUBLIC AUCTION SALES
REAL ESTATE.
AT BOARD OF BROKERS' ROOMS.
11O6 st. NV.
On THURSDAY, MARCH TwENTY-F 1887,
at ONE O'CLOCK PM, the following property will be
be offered:
BY THOS. Z. WAGGAMAN:
No. 3O5 10th St s.e., two-story Frame, rooms,
being part lot 6, square 94o.
Terms at time OF sale.
mh21-3t THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auct.
VlHOMAs DOWNING. Auctioneer
sfIEkT WEST, hEfwfRs AND h5i 1 sTaEETs
the District Of Columbia passed on the fourth NV
ct q and SSnR
bRY 81 MICH s hs
one Hundred and i've io, having front Of sixty
1asn
I'D the e vii d s as TIE
R5 n sayns Hns It, Of thirty & feet 18th
These two lots are regarded as the mos. valuable in
the western section of the city.
chase money must be paid in cash. '''' 'A'
Upon confirmation Of the sale and payment Of all the
y e VIII G n the
property win be resold at the risk cost Of the
dollars win be required on each lot ConVeysncins 1t
go, JOHN F. ENNIS Fl. Trustee.
. RENsINGER, Auct.
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The MOhiean arrived ~ Lima from the souaA a
Monday and len fof Panaana tmne61axQay.
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Satisfied With Iui. Death Sentence.
A Church Blown Up with Dynani,

FREpoNIA, KAN, March 2a-The Dunkard church
al Buffalo, Kan. twenty miles north from here.
was blown 70 pieces by what Is supposed TO be
dious frame building and the only church in the
town. The cause for this rash act is understood
TO be bitter feeling upon the temperance ques-
ton.
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RALEIGH, n. C., March 2l-For months revenue
oficers have been In pursuit OF desperate moon.
sinners In orange and Durham counties. Their
labor al last has been rewarded. Day before yes
terday they captured d. II. Holmes an extensive
maker OF contraband whisky. They secured q stu
greater prize In the person of Scott Harden ALA
Capt. jerks, known far aud as the king OF the
moonshiners. He was a very daring operator, and
had ve distilleries IN az places Three
az these We're discovered.
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GATEsyIILE, TEX, March ca-Folsom Hester,
aged sixty EIGHT years and hts young wife did not
agree MIS- Hester recently len her husband and
Joined her friends and Mr.. Hester kept his rage at
a safe distance. His wife on Monday went 90 his
house 70 get her personal properly, when he seized
her and with large knife cut Der throat
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(SHANCERY SALE
~ OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY IN
THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE CITY OF


G. W. ST1CKNEY, Auctioneer. mh11 q
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
Table Etiquette in Zanzibar.

Talking of eating reminds me of the way
the operation is performed by the Arabs.
Five of them seat themselves round large
bowl of rice surmounted by skinny fowl,
all being curried. Two seize the wings with
their fingers and two the legs, and smul-
taneous!y tearing these Off leave the carcass
to the fifth, atterward taking ont the rice by
hhdfuls, and dextrously conveying 1t TO
the mouth with peculiar jerk. One marx
of hospitality shown to guests when at tape
consists in the chiefs rolling up some rice
into ball in the palm of his hand ana
aiming it at his guests widely-dstendted
jaws. On one occasion this piece of civlllty
was shown to myself; but not beng an
adept in the art of swallowing rice Dails
when so projected the effect was anything pus
what my kind entertainer anticipated; 14r,
Independently of beng nearly choked, the
grains were scattered or rather sputtered,
over the table in a manner that elected rohis
of laughter even from the very grave ARABS:
This, of course, was the last experiment o.
the kind tried upon me.-Operland Aont"'s
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

cred gentleman from his dilemma A pre-
cisely similar incident occurred during
their travels in Abyssinia. 1t appears that
the poor girls imagined that the white
man could have no motive to set them
free except to take them as his wives
They thought they were his wives, and
had perfect right to be affectionate
When Mrs. Pringle travelled up the
Zambesi, five years ago, the sight of
white woman in long skirts so frightened
the nude damsels she met that at first
sight they fled into the bush as fast as
their legs could carry them. Her hus-
band is an English merchant, who had
occasion to visit the region of Lake
Nyassa. In canoe propelled by native
paddlers, who were clad only in loin
cloth, Mrs. Pringle and her husband
journeyed far up the Zambesi and Shire
rivers into the beautiful Alpine district
of Central Africa. Like Lady Baker,
Mrs. Pringle made sensation whenever
she combed her hair in public. The abor-
igines thought that hair so long and
straight was worth going many miles to
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

books Of exploration. The two expedi-
tons cost Miss Time 100000. She had
spent three years in the Soudan. Soon
after she organized an expedition which
in cost, splendor and daring was to
eclipse her previous exploits. She set
out from Tripoli to cross the Sahara and
explore the MOhammedan countries
south of it to the Nile. Her queenly
fortune, however, could not shield her
from the fanatical hatred of the Wild
Saharan tribes. She was shot to death
in the desert by the Touareqs, the young
est, fairest, richest woman who ever en-
tered a savage wilderness.
Why are men hOnored with all the
glory of achievements in which their
wives have a large, perhaps an equal
share? Sir Samuel Baker is called the
discoverer of the great Albert Nyanza,
but the eyes of his blonde wife rested
upon its broad eXpanse as soon as his
own, and together they reached its
white, sandy beach and drank of its re-
freshing waters. There are few perlls
of African travel that Lady Baker has
not known. Deadly swamp fevers have
wrecked the frame of this delicately nur-
tured English woman and once she came
near dying of sunstroke. African chiefs
usually ask explorers why they left their
wives behind To Sir Samuel, on the
other hand, they sometimes suggested
with great GOODNESS that if he would
give them his wife in exchange for sew
eral of theirs it would be pleasing ar
rangement The huts in which Lady
! Baker was often compelled to sleep
were sometimes so small that it was
more convenient to dress her hair in the
open air. Her hair was very long, and
the sight of it always drew crowd.
Blonde hair over three feet long was to
the untutOred African mind as great
freak of nature as Barnum's tWO-headed
girl.
Once Lady Baker, by her tact and
quick wit, probably saved her husbands
life at critical moment when he was
confronted by some mutinOus soldiers.
The brave little woman suddenly discOv-
yered that the great black fellows would
obey her stern command, though Sir
Samuel had lost all control of them. On
two other occasions she rescued him
from assaults of quite different nature.
Near the Albert Nyanza Sir Samuel
gave their freedom to a number Of poor
women he had rescued from the slave
dealers. One of the poor half nude girls,
with face beaming with smiles rushed
up to her deliverer, threw her arms
around his neck, and while her castor
oily ringletS hung over his face and
dripped upon his shoulders, showereH
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
A NEST OF THIEVES.
How French Bank Was Systematically
Robbed by Some of its Officers.

Relative to the arrest of NJ. Mouvet at
Constantinople for having pillaged the
Banque Parisienne, of which he was man
ager, of about 3,000,000f. it is instructive to
note that the bank contained verltable
nest of thieves Mouvet had as accompllces
NJ. Auguste Louis, director of the branch es-
Enlistment situated in the Rue de Rennes;
M. Bonaventure, cashier at the head office
of the bank in the Rue Chauchat, and NJ.
Kuhl, chief of the bookkeeping department.
These men all being in the league, the mode
of procedure was easy. When NJ. Mouvet
wanted money NJ. Auguste Louis warned
the administration of the bank that he had
consented to advance the sum to imaginary,
individuals on the security of stock and
shares deposited with the bank. The cashier,
M. Bonaventure, certified that he had re-
ccived the stock in deposit, and had the
money representing the simulated loan sent
to the branch house, Rue de Rennes.
When the inventory was made NJ. kuhl,
chief of the bookkeeping department, under
took to do what WIS necessary london
Standard.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
Tobacco is an Indian weed:
1t was the Devil who sowed the seed.
B0sTnN Mass

BOSTON, MASS.
Dear Sir-If not too much trouble, and if
it does not intrude too much on your valua-
Bile space / would like to know what the
papers mean by 'bucket-shop." l supposed
that it meant a place where Buckets were
made, but somehow Of late it seems to be
place where they make power to control the
financial business of the country. CASH
A bucket-shop is place where a man can
sell what he does not own, and buy what the
seller does not possess. 1t is a frst-class
place to invest money securely-so securely
that he cannot get it back when he wants it.
1t is called bucket-shop because man who
has taken course there graduates feeling
little Pail.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
CAMDEN. n. ].


Dear Sr-What is the correct form of an
invitation when a marriage occurs in the
afternoon? DOUBT.
For afternoon weddings the hour of the
ceremony should be followed by the letters
p. NJ" which is the only ornament the in
vitation wears to distinguish it from morn
ing specimen. Theinvitation should proceed
from the brides parents, and should reach
the invitee in the form of card bearing the
following neatly engraved: "Mr. and Mrs.
Blank request your presence at the marriage
of their daughter, Mary Jane. to CHARLES
James Rafferty,, at P. NJ. on Thursday,
August T." If the girl is not called Mary
Jane, some other name may be used. The
same may be said Of the other names in this
sample. The old form of invitation issued
by the groom-'Come around at 8, and see
me capture mother-in-law"-is no longer
en- regle. Neither is the custom of spelling
presence" presents" sanctioned by good
society, although the latter sense is generally
understood. VIM III. SIvITER.
There arc Some faISabaa5s on u,hich rnop
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

pathos and romantic interest. Here was
a young and beautiful woman, one OF
the richest heiresses in Holland, the
daughter of Dutch baroness, an espe-
cial favorite of the Queen, in whose
young heart the love of adventure and
a burning desire to add to geographical
knowledge grew until they became
consuming passion. Turning her back
upon her brilliant prospects at home
she became, when twenty-five years old,
an African explorer Accompanied by
her mother and aunt, with ten Dutch
female servants, a retinue of men SER
wants, Egyptian soldiers and negro sail
ors, 200 souls in all, with the co.npletest
equipment money could buy, she set out
from Khartoum for the Upper Nile soon
after Spoke had discovered the source of
the great river. Travelling on steamer
provided by the brother of the khedive,
with four Nile boats carrying her bag
gage and native escort, she visited the
great hunting grounds of the slave cap
tors, passed through the deadly swamps
of the Upper Nile, and, after journey
of thousand miles, the longest made
up to that time on the upper river, she
returned to Khartoum to retit her expe-
dition.
Amid all her subsequent wanderings
in the swampy, feverish region of the
Bahr ell Ghazal atfiuent of the Nile, many
hundreds of miles south of Khartoum,
amid scenes of suffering and death among
her followers, Alexandrine Time kept
stout heart and an unwateEing purpose
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
OEIPS.

There is usually sequel to every event if
you seek well for it.
What your uncle advances on your over
coat may be considered clothes shave.
1t was probably little fawn which said,
Call me early, mother deer"
A contemporary, discussing the degree of
Rebekah, speaks of women Odd Fellows"
Would not "old maids have covered the
ground?
The proprietor of Bowery restaurant
sued one of his waiter girls because she ate
two of his pies. One would think that the
crime carried its own punishment with It.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

see. In her big canoe Mrs Pringle
travelled with greater comfort than
might be imagined. Planks covered
one end of the canoe upon which
mattresses were placed. A reed canopy.
from which hung mosquito netting, was
built over all, and mats could be lowered
on all sides whenever the lady desired
perfect seclusion.. In this trip Mrs.
Pringle saw one of the greatest elephant
districts in Africa, rivers swarming with
hippopotami and crocodiles, and thou
sands of women who terribly disfgure
themselves by boring holes in their
upper lips, in which they insert large
stones. Her gloves excited much COM
ment. One inquisitive chief, who saw
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

to devote her whole life to African ex-
ploration. In those savage regions her
mother died in her arms, and in the bit
terness of her grief Alexandrine for a
time secluded herself in the solitude of
her tent. She discovered several rivers
which later travellers have fully explored.
Her naturalist, DR.. Heughlin, has en-
balmed the fruits of these journeys in
one of the most interesting of African
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
HE MISUNDERSTOOD.

Sympathizlng Anarchist Ito one of the
are you feeling?
Condemned-Blue.
20, cheer up. You may be free yet. While
there's life there's hope"
"That's no comfort"
mo comfort To have hope"
80, excuse me- l thought you said While
there's life there's soap"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
Copyrighted, ISL

The patient wives Of humble mission
aries are not the only white women who
have visited Central Africa. Ladies of
aristocratic lineage have been there.
Women of enormous wealth have
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
SHE WANTED AN EXPLANATION.

Miss Gusher-And so you have just come
from India, Mr.. Tripper?
Mr.. Tripper-Yes. saw the Hindoos, the
Parsees the Sikhs, the
Miss Gusher Gnterrupting)-The six what,
Mr.. Tripper?
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
MRS. NJ CORKLE EXPLAINS.

Mamma, what's pharmacy?" asked lit
tie Jimmy McCorkle, as he met with the
word for the first time.
"Farmacy," replied the worthy lady,
must be an agency where they sell farms
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
WTuCKET r. ]

PAWTUCKET, X. l.
Dear SRI have seen the word heirloom
in print often. What kind of a machine is
it? I work in factory in this town, but
there are no looms of that kind here.
WEAVER.
It's not strange that there are no heirlooms
at work in your factory. They are only
used in the weaving Of camel's hair shawls.
How the spelling of the first syllable got
changed is not known
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06


kisses upon his lips.
Lady Baker. who,
her husband naivelv
remarks. did not
seem to enjoy the
performance a Il V
better than he did.
called some OF the
camp men to eXtri-
cate the half->mOth-
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
PARIS LETTER.
AFFAIRS OF MOMENTUM THE BUSY
FRENCH CAPITAL.

LEGISLATORS Inaugurating Leveling
Process in Religious Beliefs-The New
Military Law and its Etfects-Eitter Feel
ing 4 gainst Germany-Interesting Gossip.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
WHITE WOMEN WHO HAVE EN-
PLORED ITS SAVAGE WILDS.

The Beautiful Young Dutch Heiress Who
Spent Fortune and Died a Victim Of
Fanatical Hatred-Lady Bakers Tact
Civilized Dress Frightens this Aborigines.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Chunks of Information for the Benefit of
the Curious.
RAILWAY. n, J.

RAILWAY, n. j.
Dear Sir-What is nicotine? J. F.. D.
Nicotine is a kind of poison with which
manufacturers of Havana cigars soak cab
bage leaves to make them taste like tobacco
1t takes its name from Old Nick, an individ-
ual who spends large portion of his time in
the hottest place known to theology. An
allusion to this connection between tobacco
and his Satanic majesty is found in the old
moan, bapppiyo.